❓ Hon Alison Xamon asks about the mental health budget for 2007-2010. Hon Helen Morton clarifies that mental health funding is integrated within the overall health budget, providing specific spending figures from budget papers but noting these don't represent total mental health expenditure.
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MENTAL HEALTH BUDGET
I refer to the budget allocation for mental health. (1) What was the mental health budget for the 2007-08 financial year? (2) What was the mental health budget for the 2008-09 financial year? (3) What was the mental health budget for the 2009-10 financial year? Hon HELEN MORTON
I refer to the budget allocation for mental health. (1) What was the mental health budget for the 2007-08 financial year? (2) What was the mental health budget for the 2008-09 financial year? (3) What was the mental health budget for the 2009-10 financial year? Hon HELEN MORTON
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I thank the member for notice of the question. (1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
(1) What was the mental health budget for the 2007-08 financial year? (2) What was the mental health budget for the 2008-09 financial year? (3) What was the mental health budget for the 2009-10 financial year? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for notice of the question. (1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
(2) What was the mental health budget for the 2008-09 financial year? (3) What was the mental health budget for the 2009-10 financial year? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for notice of the question. (1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
(3) What was the mental health budget for the 2009-10 financial year? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for notice of the question. (1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for notice of the question. (1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
I thank the member for notice of the question. (1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
(1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
(1) What was the mental health budget for the 2007-08 financial year? (2) What was the mental health budget for the 2008-09 financial year? (3) What was the mental health budget for the 2009-10 financial year? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for notice of the question. (1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
(2) What was the mental health budget for the 2008-09 financial year? (3) What was the mental health budget for the 2009-10 financial year? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for notice of the question. (1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
(3) What was the mental health budget for the 2009-10 financial year? Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for notice of the question. (1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the member for notice of the question. (1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
I thank the member for notice of the question. (1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
(1)-(3) Mental health activities do not have a discrete budget; rather, funding and spending are encapsulated within the whole-of-health budget. There are various areas within the Department of Health specifically devoted to mental health issues, and budgets for these areas are available from the 2009-10 budget papers No 2, page 163, under “Service Summary”, services 2, 11, 13 and 15. According to the budget papers, spending within areas specific to mental health issues was in 2007-08, $395 million; in 2008-09, an estimated $437 million; and in 2009-10, an estimated $462 million. However, additional activities related to mental health occur throughout other parts of the Western Australian health system for which the budgets are not separately identifiable as “mental health”. Therefore, these figures are not indicative of the total spending on mental health activities.
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